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I don't think it's fair to just wave away such concerns. Automation lowers the number of people necessary to create something. This shrinkage of the available l

I don't think it's fair to just wave away such concerns. Automation lowers the number of people necessary to create something. This shrinkage of the available labor pool only happens faster with computer automation. The way the world currently works, this is a problem - people need jobs for money. As entire classes of skilled labor evaporate, there will be significant societal implications. There is also the problem of the significant centralization of power and money that comes with a future where AI performs the work.

zokier 4y ago
All major changes have significant societal implications practically by definition. And luddites were having real problems too, people needed jobs for money then too, and the concentration of wealth was also a problem. Recognizing that these are old patterns repeating is not waving away the problems, but understanding that such problems should not paralyze us from making progress. Similarly it is important to understand what were the issues that luddites (and other movements before and after them) were fighting against and learn from what has happened in the past so we might best avoid the worst pitfalls.